AL-backed panel sweeps RUTA polls

Pro-Awami League teachers of “yellow” panel bagged 14 out of 15 executive posts in Rajshahi University Teachers’ Association (RUTA) elections held today, reports agency. The panel’s Prof Ananda Kumar Saha of zoology department and Prof M Rezaul Karim Badal of biochemistry and molecular science department were elected as president and general secretary respectively. Prof Pranab Kumar Panday, incumbent general secretary and also a member of the election conducting committee, confirmed . Dr M Rafiqul Ahsan Ranju of physics department was elected as vice-president and Dr M Omar Faruque Sarker of marketing department as treasurer. On the other hand, pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers of the “white panel” got only one post.